Risicoanalyse voor buisleidingen met brandbare
vloeistoffen

The minimum safety distances between flammable liquid pipelines and
residences can stay the same or become smaller. This is concluded after
a recalculation of distances from a 1991 circular letter. In the
Netherlands, crude oil and petroleum products are transported through an
underground pipeline network of about 1850 kilometres in length. To
limit the number of casualties in case of incidents, minimum distances
between these pipelines and buildings should be held. In this report new
opinions are given which justify modification of these distances. The
height of the risk, presented through individual and societal risk, is
leading for the distance to be kept or the population density allowed.
This lead to 35 potential bottlenecks, caused by about 3 kilometres of
pipeline. A total number of about 140 houses is situated too close to
the pipelines.

The minimum safety distances between flammable liquid pipelines and
residences can stay the same or become smaller. This is concluded after
a recalculation of distances from a 1991 circular letter. In the
Netherlands, crude oil and petroleum products are transported through an
underground pipeline network of about 1850 kilometres in length. To
limit the number of casualties in case of incidents, minimum distances
between these pipelines and buildings should be held. In this report new
opinions are given which justify modification of these distances. The
height of the risk, presented through individual and societal risk, is
leading for the distance to be kept or the population density allowed.
This lead to 35 potential bottlenecks, caused by about 3 kilometres of
pipeline. A total number of about 140 houses is situated too close to
the pipelines.